Magnetic Zero

Jade's joy is infectious...4min30sec is my favorite part...



"What we've been trying to do since the beginning of this climb is to not stray from the beauty and openness that started it. We want to keep things real and open and adventurous and be sure the spirit of joy is still in it." - Alex Albert

"I felt like a robot, like I was ignoring my instincts and at the end of my rope. But then I had a sort of renaissance. I began asking myself, "What did I want to do as a kid?" I was in AA at this time, but I stopped going and for the first time in so long I felt wonder return to my eyes and my heart. The idea of love had been BS to me, but now it felt powerful again. Jade and I hooked up during this transition, and love was kind of something we rediscovered together. She and I began making music in its most elementary form – we sang in unison, sometimes out of key. We were making music with horns and strings and background vocals and percussion. And without even realizing it at first, this album and this band started happening."

-Alex Ebert on moving from Ima Robot to creating Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

* Quotes taken from "Music Monday: 15 Minutes With Alex Ebert (aka Edward Sharpe)" by Jessica Clefati, Mother Jones